And everywhere girls, tumbling from trees like orange blossoms and hitting the earth with sickening thuds. They crack open.

He gathers me up and I'm weightless before he sets me on the railing. He's the only thing keeping me from falling back, out of the reach of daylight. I'm not afraid of falling. I don't fear the sky beyond the train tracks like I did before. I can go anywhere just so long as it's with him.

Fall has always been my favorite season. The time when everything bursts with its last beauty, as if nature had been saving up all year for the grand finale.

None of the wives mention the security guards by the door, who will probably tackle us to the ground if we try to leave without our husbands.

Real’ is a dirty word in this place.

Momentum,' She repeats. 'You can't just stand there if you want something to fly. You have to run.

You have a way of looking at things. You make it seem as though everything's going to be okay. I can't imagine a more dangerous thing to have than hope like yours.